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“Open doors at Cotroceni Palace” becomes permanent

The “Open Doors at Cotroceni Palace” event, launched by the Presidential Administration in March, is set to become a permanent program, with a new format to take effect starting June 14.During the Pentecost weekend, access to the Cotroceni Palace complex will be suspended on Saturday and Sunday (June 7–8). On Friday, June 6, visitors will only be a... Read more


  • The National Museum of Natural History “Grigore Antipa” is organizing its 2025 Summer School, taking place between June 23 and September 5. The program is designed for children aged 9 to 14 years and offers a fun and educational experience centered around nature and science.For seven weeks, participants will engage in activities focused on learning... Read more

  • The International Book Fair Bookfest, now at its 18th edition, opens its doors on Wednesday at Romexpo Bucharest. Until Sunday, June 1st, visitors are invited to Pavilion B2, where they’ll find the best books at the most advantageous prices. Nearly 160 stands will be present, and publishing houses have prepared not only special deals and discounts,... Read more

  • Sector 4 of Bucharest Municipality has received the building permit for the reconstruction of the Unirii Plain, a critical infrastructure objective in the center of the capital, in an advanced state of degradation, according to the latest technical expertise. The document was signed by Nicușor Dan, on the last day of his mandate at the City Hall. A... Read more

  • Romanian Design Week 2025 ended after ten days. Over 140 satellite events were visited by 30,000 people, the organizers announce.Six curatorial formats, three central spaces, hundreds of ideasThe former Cina restaurant, Romania's National Art Museum (MNAR) and Casa Fratelii were the central venues for this year's edition, along with an extensive ne... Read more

  • Bucharest Sculpture Days has a radical and necessary theme this year: #celălaltcorp - an exhibition of contemporary and transmedia sculpture that foregrounds the human figure as a space of tension between norm and identity, between history and future, between the physical and the augmented body. The event takes place from April 26 to May 11, in the... Read more

  • The 13th edition of the Romanian-Swedish Translation Workshop will be organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute in Stockholm and the National Book Centre (CENNAC) in partnership with the Swedish Writers' Union (Författarförbundet) from 23-30 April. The guests of the 2025 edition are two Romanian poets, Teona Galgoțiu and Radu Nițescu, together w... Read more

  • The Suflet de România Festival will take place on April 26 and 27 on the Royal Estate of Săvârșin. Small local producers will take part and there will be workshops with skilled craftsmen, an open-air cinema with Romanian films, folk dances, concerts by Irina Rimes and the Osoianu Sisters, Zdob and Zdub, Emeric Imre Trio, Maria Tanase Tribute (Maria... Read more

  • The annual World Press Photo competition announced its winners on Thursday, showcasing an outstanding selection of photojournalism and documentary photography from around the world. The Image of the Year 2025 is by Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf, shot for The New York Times, and captures Mahmoud Ajjour, a 9-year-old boy from Gaza, who was... Read more

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